Malachi Oldridge's tribute to E. Mervyn Taylor is winner

Palmerston North
artist Malachi Oldridge has won the 2019 IHC Art Awards
People’s Choice Award for his work, My Nani as a Māori
Girl.

My Nani as a Māori Girl was selected as
the favourite from the 30 finalists in this year’s IHC Art
Awards, receiving 425 votes from the public.

Josie
Bode’s, Squall, came in second with 262 votes,
followed by Amy Hall’s stitch work, Sailor Moon
which received 180 votes in total.

My Nani as a Māori
Girl is a pencil drawing on paper tribute to Malachi’s
Grandmother. She has been a recurring inspiration for
Malachi, with her also featuring in his 2018 IHC Art Awards
entry. My Nani as a Māori Girl is also influenced by
the late E. Mervyn Taylor’s artwork, Māori Girl
(Hina).

Malachi will be presented with the People’s
Choice Award and his prize of $1000 on Thursday 5 September
at the IHC Art Awards gala evening at Shed 6, in Wellington.
At the same time, the winners of the top three prizes for
the 2019 IHC Art Awards will also be announced and all 30
finalist artworks auctioned, with all proceeds going
directly to the
artists.

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